Purpose Informed by ecological theories and models of influence, this review discusses
various psychosocial risk and protective factors that contribute to adolescent substance use …

Pathological alcohol use is a complex and costly problem. This chapter focuses on recent
developments in the etiology of alcohol use disorders. Literature is reviewed from the fields …

Objective: To investigate which sociodemographic factors and behaviors are associated with
breakfast skipping in adolescents and adults. Design: Five birth cohorts of adolescent twins …

Behavioral disinhibition has been characterized as a generalized vulnerability to
externalizing disorders. Despite increasing evidence for its validity and heritability, the …

Aims To examine the prospective relationships between childhood externalizing and
internalizing disorders and substance use in early adolescence. Design Longitudinal …

Aim To investigate longitudinally for both genders the relation between the age of onset of
drinking and several indicators of alcohol use. Design and setting In the Finnish Jyväskylä …

Now revised and updated, this widely used text comprehensively reviews theories of
addiction to give students and professionals a multidisciplinary foundation for clinical …

Background: Adolescence has been identified as a critical period with regard to the initiation
and early escalation of alcohol use. Moreover, research on familial risk and protective …

Developmental pathways to underage drinking emerge before the second decade of life.
Many scientists, however, as well as the general public, continue to focus on proximal …

Objective: There is relatively little research on the childhood antecedent predictors of early-
onset alcohol use. This study examined an array of psychosocial variables assessed at age …